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Independence: Fire Incidents, Oregon (OR)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 18. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 40 took place in 2003, and the least - 1 in 2005. The data has a dropping trend.

The average number of yearly fire incidents per 10k residents in Independence, OR compared to nearest cities:
(Note: Based on data for the last 3 years, including only cities with population 5,000 and above)
Independence:	14.4
Monmouth:	14.7
Dallas:	26.9
Salem:	25.0
Four Corners:	1.9
Keizer:	8.4
Albany:	12.8
Sheridan:	39.0
Stayton:	34.4

32.1% incidents where reported in the morning and 67.9% in the evening. The most fires (18.8%) took place on Thursday, and the least (9.7%) on Sunday.
Based on the 308 fires from years 2002 - 2018 most fires (19.2%) took place during July, and the least (4.5%) in November.
Out of all 3,176 cases reported during the years 2002 - 2018, the most belonged to the categories: Rescue & EMS (66.3%), Fire (9.7%), and Service Call (9.5%).


• Incident types reported to NFIRS in Independence, OR
• 2,10766.3%Rescue & EMS
• 3089.7%Fire
• 3019.5%Service Call
• 1946.1%Good Intent Call
• 1705.4%Hazardous Condition
• 892.8%False Alarm
• 60.2%Special Incident
When looking into fire subcategories, the most reports belonged to: Structure Fires (43.2%), and Outside Fires (40.6%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Independence, OR
• 13343.2%Structure Fires
• 12540.6%Outside Fires
• 4414.3%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 61.9%Other